Don't Miss This Panel Discussion! <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> You're invited to attend the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:City></st1:place> Chapter of the PKD Foundation's first ever live panel discussion on: <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Saturday, January 12, 2008 @ 9:30 AM<o:p></o:p> Meeting Location: Valley Presbyterian Church, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">6947 E. Mac Donald Drive</st1:Street> <st1:City w:st="on">Paradise Valley</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Arizona</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">85253</st1:PostalCode></st1:address> <o:p></o:p> Meeting Room: The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Calvin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> (Park on west [back side] of Complex to enter meeting room)<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The "experts" on our panel will be 4 PKD patients who will discuss their real life experience before, during, and after transplantation. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Panelist include a mix of recipients who were gifted kidneys from living donors, as well as those who wait-listed a cadaver donor. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Of special interest, the "paired donation" process will be discussed by the living donor recipient and her husband; who performed the ultimate act of human kindness by anonymously gifting his kidney to a stranger, to enable his wife to receive "a perfect match" in-kind. We will also hear the amazing story of a truly heroic mother, who gifted her kidney just prior to discovering her daughter had PKD.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This program promises to be an extraordinary experience for all!<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Please join us to listen, learn and "connect" with other like-minded PKD'ers who chose to stay in-touch with their options so they can proactively sustain their quality of life. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> |